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Endocarditis caused byCandida parapsilosissurrounding the base of a Starr-Edwards prosthetic valve in a 40-year-old man is reported. During amphotericin B treatment, the infecting organism grew in hypertonic blood culture medium when there was no growth in ordinary blood cultures. At operation, bead-like friable, small vegetations were found instead of the large mass of vegetation commonly encountered inCandidaendocarditis.
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